The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
This resource post consolidates key CDC recommendations for this year's fall and winter virus season.
Nov 29, 2023 | Irene Halferty
In September 2022 and January 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the findings from the National...
Feb 03, 2023 | Amiris Roberson
The widespread global news of avian influenza in birds has more than likely raised a few hackle feathers from the general public....
Apr 16, 2022 | Jaclyn Abramson
As the voice of the nearly 3,000 local health departments (LHDs) across the country, the National Association of County and City...
Apr 01, 2022 | Victoria Thompson, Katherine Waters, Jasmine Akuffo, Hassanatu Blake
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) met in October 2022, to...
Feb 10, 2022 | Victoria Thompson
In the October 15th Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), CDC released the results of the 2020 National Immunization...
Nov 01, 2021 | Robin Mowson
Oct 18, 2021 | Kimberly Sharpe-Scott, Amy Frandsen
On June 28, 2021, NACCHO hosted a virtual roundtable to discuss key issues around flu vaccination for older adults. With the...
Oct 04, 2021 | Amy Frandsen
NACCHO has developed Increasing Vaccine Confidence: A Resource Guide for Local Health Departments. The goal of this guide is to...
Aug 17, 2021 | Amy Frandsen
In September 2022 and January 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the findings from the National Immunization Survey (NIS) Teen and Child.
The widespread global news of avian influenza in birds has more than likely raised a few hackle feathers from the general public. NACCHO asked influenza subject matter experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), how local health departments can prepare for the possibility of human infections with these viruses and how to respond to public questions regarding H5N1.
As the voice of the nearly 3,000 local health departments (LHDs) across the country, the National Association of County and City Health Officials’ (NACCHO) portfolio consists of a breadth of projects in which racial health equity is an aim of program planning and implementation across public health domains.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) met in October 2022, to review current evidence and provide updated pneumococcal vaccine recommendations for adults.
In the October 15th Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), CDC released the results of the 2020 National Immunization Survey-Child (NIS-Child), Vaccination Coverage by Age 24 Months Among Children Born in 2017 and 2018 -- National Immunization Survey - Child, United States, 2018–2020. The NIS-Child monitors coverage with vaccines recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization...
On June 28, 2021, NACCHO hosted a virtual roundtable to discuss key issues around flu vaccination for older adults. With the recognition that the COVID-19 pandemic shaped perspectives and behaviors related to vaccination, public health leaders met to identify the best approaches and strategies for ensuring influenza vaccinations in individuals 65 years of age and older for the 2021–2022 influenza...
NACCHO has developed Increasing Vaccine Confidence: A Resource Guide for Local Health Departments. The goal of this guide is to present tools and resources that LHDs can utilize to address vaccine confidence at the local level among various communities and populations.
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